"Stop shoving me!" Rainbow Dash yelled at Pinkie Pie behind her. "Before I make you stop shoving me!"
"I'm sorry, Dashie. It's just that I've never been on a cruise before, and it's super exciting, and I can't get over how happy I am! It's like I'm about to eat the biggest cake in Equestria!"
"Well could you try to contain your excitement then?" She said, in a softer tone. "If you keep it up, you'll push me off the boat."
"Okay, I'll stop." Pinkie's body stopped moving as if she was doing nothing in the first place.
Though Rainbow Dash has known Pinkie Pie for years, yet she was still dumbfounded by her. Rainbow rested her hooves on the rails and looked out into the ocean, waiting for the others to show up.
Rarity arrived at the dock with her little sister Sweetie Belle behind her, lugging her sister’s giant luggage cart. Rarity trotted faster than normal. "Hurry up Sweetie Belle, I'm going to be late." She told her sister.
"I'm going *grunt* as fast *grunt* as I *grunt* can," Sweetie Belle said. The cart was pretty heavy, but she had pulled the cart many times before, it was becoming as easy as opening a jar. She had been pulling that thing ever since they got off the train at Canterlot, and it was become a really trial trying to pull it.
Right when she was about to pass out from exhaustion, the pressure of the cart lifted up from her. "My goodness, a young filly shouldn't be pulling something as heavy as that?" A voice behind Sweetie Belle said. Sweetie Belle turned around. A stallion with a brown mane and beige skin began tugging it.
"Thank you, sir!" Sweetie said, relieved of the cart. "Follow that pony with the purple mane
When the stallion reached Rarity, she jumped in fright. Once she figured out what happened, she just blushed and just kept walking. When they reached their destination, the stallion unhooked himself from the cart, and wandered off. The ponies that were in charge of luggage took one look at her cart, and gasped. Both unicorns used magic to lift the cart onto the boat. The luggage carried up the conveyor belt until it was out of sight.
Twilight was walking beside Spike. Her expression was a mix of happy and stern at the same time. "And make sure to feed Owlicious regularly. Mice only. We happen to have plenty of those." She informed Spike. Spike wrote all of this down on some paper. It was the first time in a while that he had the house to himself, now he could finally make that jewel cake in piece.
"Got it, but where are the mice?" He asked. It was one of those days when Spike just forgot everything.
"They're in the shelf above the sink." She told him. "Also, don't forget to water the plants."
"I won't. Have a nice trip."
She carried her luggage over to the luggage place. The carrier bowed down to his princess. Twilight returned the bow, then walked up the boat.
A good distance away from the cruise ship, Fluttershy was doing all she could to keep Applejack out of her house. "No, you can't make me go! I won't allow it!" She screamed. Though Applejack was tough, Fluttershy was surprisingly strong for the shyest creature in Ponyville.
"Gol' darn it Fluttershy, we're gonna be late if you won't cooperate!" With that said, she kicked the door again. With years of experience, she would've kicked the door down by now, but Fluttershy must have prepared for this.
"I won't get on that cursed boat. You know that I have a fear of boats!" She whimpered. Saying the word boat made her shiver in fear.
"Why won't you get on that boat? It's not like the boat will explode on us.” Immediately, she wished she hadn’t said that. Fluttershy was now screaming horridly, until there was no more noise. With one more kick, the door swung open, to reveal Fluttershy on the ground, surrounded by a clutter of furniture.
At first, the Earth pony was frightened, because she thought she killed the poor thing, but she was still breathing. “Well, at least this’ll make things a tad bit easier.” She said to herself. She put the pegasus in her cart, and dragged her off to the cruise ship.
With everyone on the ship, the vacation could now begin. As all the ponies waved goodbye to their friends back at the dock, the boat got farther and farther away from their sight. Soon the boat was well out of sight, and the celebration was over. Everypony walked to their cabins to unload their entire luggage. Rarity's cart was too large, so she had to choose a small amount of her items to have with her on a regular basis.
"What should we do first?" Twilight asked. Though she planned to read and study this entire trip, her friends convinced her that she should actually relax instead of read. "Maybe we could eat first?"
"Yeah, I could get some grub," Rainbow said. Everypony agreed.
"I swear, if all they got is fancy food, I'm gonna starve on this trip." Applejack mumbled under her breath. She slumped her shoulders and stayed that way until they got to the mess hall.
"I know you’re going to crack soon." The man sitting across from me had told me. I knew I was losing, really, really badly, but I still kept my cool. I knew that he wanted to see me lose, he heard about what I've done, and how I did it. He knew I was good at poker, and he knew that I was the best in the county. Look what a little lie can do in under a week. So, yeah, I'm not that good at poker, and I sure as heck am not the best in the county. Heh, Bruce Van: Champion Poker Player of Portland, Oregon.
You've probably seen this scenario before. Guy loses job, loses his girlfriend, girlfriend takes everything, guy has no money, guy gets desperate, guy gets a loan from a friend, then that guy goes and wastes it on a game of poker, gets lucky, starts to think that he's the best, challenges the best guy in the place, loses everything. Well that's me. I'm that guy.
"We'll see about that, tough guy." I know that this guy could rip my head off just by flicking my ear, but it's awfully fun to make him angry. Every now and then, a vein will pop up on his head, and honestly, it's pretty funny to me. He's blonde, with a crew cut. Like every actor ever, he had no acne on his head. Just a tattoo of a sword. Oh yeah, and this guy was ripped. I never caught his name, so I just call him Candy.
"Come on Candy, we all know that you can't win." I told him with a weird grin on my face.
"If I have to tell you that my name isn't Candy, I'm going to use you as a pillow."
"Well that might not be that comfy. I probably going to moan, move, and get up every ten minutes to get myself a drink."
"What are you, a smart-guy?"
"That's me, the King of Contradiction."
That made him smile. Maybe if I can make this guy like me, he'll go easy on me when he's burying me alive. He may think that I'm calm and collective, but I'm actually pretty afraid. Somehow, I'm not sweating right now, and hopefully I'll keep that up.
“Let's see what happens." I look at his hand; I can see that he is stroking his card with his thumb. Something inside me told me that I should call, and not being one to ignore something inside your body telling you that you should do something that could end up in a mistake, I follow it.
"I think you’re bluffing. I call." I place down my cards. "Two pairs, Jacks and Sevens." I say. He simply sits there holding his cards, with the weirdest facial expression I've ever seen on a guy like him.
"How did you do that?" I'll have to admit, I'm as surprised as he is.
"Well... you were bluffing, simple as that." I told him. He stares at me for a matter of a few moments, then stands up in a flash.
"You were cheating weren't you." He accused me. Before anything happened, I just shoved all of the money I earned into my pocket. I think I'll move away before this guy finds me.
"Let's not jump to conclusions, now I must be on my way. Have a good life Candy." I grab my jacket and backpack from my chair and rush for the door.
I was a good ten feet away from the place, when I hear the door open, and then rapid footsteps heading towards me. I start to laugh, and then I start running away, still laughing. It was at this moment that I knew I was dead. With the money I got, I could buy a plane ticket, or just drive away to who knows where. I guess I'll see when I'm running for my life.
"Come back here so I can kill you!" He yells in frustration. Though I was faster than him, I think that his anger would boost his adrenaline. I learned that when I turned around to see him running like a certain cartoon pony that I know of.
I turn a corner, hoping to fool him with that ‘turn a corner, the people chasing you still keep running in the direction they think you're heading’ thing I always see in cartoons. I quickly turn the next corner that I see and lean against the brick wall of the building, and the guy runs past me. A chuckle escapes my mouth, but then he stops, and turns around. I keep running through the alleyway. Luckily, the alleyway didn't turn out like a dead-end. I see a dock where a cruise ship is about to depart. The ticket guy was still there, waiting for any last minute people.
I cross my fingers, hoping that two hundred dollars is enough money to buy a ticket. I run to him, and ask him to give me a ticket.
"That'll be one-hundred fifty there. I think you may b-” I cut him off as I hand him the one-fifty. "Well alright then, your room is 656. Wait, where's your suitcase?"
"I got all I need in my backpack. Hey, thanks man, bro-hoof." I say, extending my fist to him. I kind of wish that I didn't say that, because usually that's not the thing that you do to people off the street. He chuckles, lifting his fist up to mine. I give him a smile, and run to the stairs
I get up to the boat, just in time that they remove the stairway. Passengers go over to the rail to do the “good-bye” wave to their friend or family. I look over to see Candy running to edge of the dock. He's looking at me with his angry expression. I give a little wave with a goofy smile on me. It was hard to tell what he was saying with all the noise, but I think he just swore at me. I walk off to my room, with everyone still waving.
The entertainment for the night was an alternative group called Breaking Brawny. The lead singer was brown, with a black mane. He had a microphone for a cutie mark. The rest were pretty much the same, except that they had different cutie marks. They were performing a song called 'Without You'. Octavia was playing the cello part of the song, eyes closed, with the world closed off around her. She was doing this because of her friend, Vinyl Scratch. She was sitting in the table closest to the stage, clapping like a seal. She was obviously trying to make her lose focus, but as always, she failed.
A little further back, a certain six ponies were laughing like heck, because of a joke that Twilight cracked about the band. Her friends cocked their heads back, while Pinkie Pie rolling around on the floor, dying of laughter. "Oh, and the lead singer, what's his name?" Twilight asked. The speedster pony looked at her, summoning her inner sarcasm.
"I'm gonna say that his name is Steam. His name is Brawny Boulder."
"Oh, hush Dash," The magician told Rainbow.
The laughing finally stopped when the music stopped. Octavia gave a bow, followed by applause. She took her seat, giving Vinyl a little nudge. Vinyl laughed. The band began their next song, called 'Rain'.
"I'll have to admit, they’re not that bad. Hay, not that bad looking either," Rarity said.
"Are you kidding, they’re fantastic! They're like my favorite band! Next to Three Days Grace, and Shinedown!" She sat back in her chair with a smile on her face. Humming a song by either one of the bands.
"I only pay attention to the music, and it's pretty good," Twilight said.
"It's a little too extreme for me," Fluttershy said. "But the cello part was nice. I to go congratulate Octavia later."
"I don't care what kind of music it is, it's all good to me. Hey, do you gals want to hear a song that I made up just now, I think you're all going to like it." Pinkie Pie said. She said it fast, much like a machine gun. She took in a deep breath, then Applejack silenced her by putting her hoof over her mouth.
"Now, we don't want to be rude to the singers. They worked hard for 'dis, so it's their time to shine." She put her hoof down, and continued to eat.
"Okie dokie loki." Pinkie said. She then sat and watched the band play.
"Well, I'm pooped. I'll see you gals later." Twilight says.
"I'll turn in too y'all." Applejack says. She was followed by agreements from everypony.
"I'm gonna stay, I want to get their autographs." The speedster pony says.
"As will I, maybe I can get one of them to go to dinner with me sometime." Rarity says, followed by a little giggle.
The four ponies got up and walked out of the room, followed by a couple others. Rainbow Dash and Rarity waved goodbye, and continued listening to the song.
I never thought that I would say this, but cruises are very boring. I mean, it's all right, but I don't have much interest for the activities that they’re doing. There was an alternative band playing called Breaking Benjamin, but they almost made me nod off. They were good, but the songs were kind of slow and soft. So I just went to my room and watched TV. Sadly, they didn't have the hub network on it, so I can't watch My Little Pony.
I fell asleep at about 8:30, which is not when I go to sleep, but I just wanted to fall asleep. It was a tiring day, and I just wanted to put it all behind me. About four hours into my sleep, I heard a loud, thunderous noise coming from outside. I changed quickly, and went to investigate the sound. I saw that most people had the same idea, because most of them were standing out there doors in their pajamas, looking confused.
When I got to the main deck, a storm had brewed above the ship. And this was no petty storm; it was a full on, Zeus's wrath, kind of storm! I was shocked that no worker was struck by all the lightning that flashed. After watching for a while, I heard a worker that was putting water in a bucket and throwing it off the boat yell at me. I couldn't hear him with all of the noise.
"What?" I yelled.
"Get to your room, it's safer do-” In a flash, a huge wave rocked the boat, making the guy fall overboard.
I started running to the rooms, when I looked back one more time. Lightning flashes were all over the place. But in all of the flashes, I swore, I saw some color in there, like an entire rainbow of colors. I couldn't tell if it was my eyes playing tricks on me, or if it was all the My Little Pony I've been watching lately. I stood back in awe at the sight, when all of a sudden, the biggest wave I have ever seen, was approaching the boat at top speed.
I ran back to my room, but it was no use. The wave flooded the halls, making everyone try to swim up to the surface. None were successful. As far as I know, I think I was the only one who made it up to the surface. I made my way to the lifeboats, thinking that I wouldn't have to save it for any woman or children. I got in it, untied the rope suspending the boat from the water, and fell into the water. I hit the water pretty hard, but it didn’t hurt too much. I grabbed a paddle, and started paddling as fast as I possibly could, but the waves kept pushing me back toward the boat. I thought all I could do now was let fate do its thing.
I let the water push me wherever it wanted me. I knew I was going to die, and I made my peace with it. Suddenly, a flash of lightning flashed in front of my eyes, and it shocked me. Luckily, there was no water in the boat. Though it seemed impossible, I fried to a crisp. The shock made me pass out, and I lied there for who knows how long. I first thought that I had died, but I woke up a few minutes later. The boat was no longer in sight, so I assumed it sunk. I paid my respects for those who must've died, and I just let the boat take me to where it wanted me to go. The storm was over, but the waves were still shaking like mad. Out of nowhere, a large wave towered over me, threatening to fall on me. The wave fell with a loud splash. Crazy enough, I didn't pay attention to the wave. I paid attention to the fact that the water looked like a different color. Why did I notice this? I have no idea. The wave came towards me fast, like it had a bone to pick with me. The impact of the wave sent me sixty-miles an hour, heading toward an unknown destination. When it was all over, I managed to keep the boat as still as it could.
I thought I wasn't going to sleep for the rest of my life, but I was wrong. I fell asleep for a while until my head hit the edge of the boat. I rubbed my head and tried to figure out why the boat hit my head, I realized that I had struck land
"Twilight, wake up!" A voice said.
"Ugh, what do you want?” Twilight responded.
"Get up, c'mon, you have to see this." The voice. Twilight realized it was Rainbow Dash.
"What do I need to see so badly that takes presidents over sleep?"
"It's... I actually don't know what it is. So could you come take a look at it?" She asked politely.
"Ugh, fine."
"Great." Rainbow flew to the door, bursting it open.
Twilight sat on her bed, trying her best to wake herself up. She walked slowly to the door, closing it behind her when she left her room. Unlike everypony else in the hallway, they were excited to get up to the main deck. She was still groggy, but everypony else had smiles, and seemed to be wide-awake. She hated those kinds of people, who were happy to be woken up at midnight, just to see something that they haven’t even seen before.
Twilight got to the main deck about ten minutes later. She spotted her friends closest to the rails. She looked up in the sky, and saw nothing. "I don't see anything in the sky, what is the big deal about a starry night?" Clearly, she wasn't amused.
"It's what's in the water that you should see." Rainbow said.
Twilight walked over to the rails and looked down into the water. She saw a boat sinking into the water. At first she was afraid, but then she realized that it must have been that movie Titanic.
"Oh, I love this movie, but it's so sad." Rarity said.
The magician looked at the water suspiciously. She saw the movie, and there wasn't a camera angle like this in the entire movie. She also saw a lifeboat leaving the scene, and what was peculiar about this, was that there wasn't anypony on the boat. There was a human.
After everypony saw what was in the boat, everypony started to discuss what they were seeing. They all saw a human with blonde hair, a medium body mass, wearing a black and grey hoodie, lying in a boat, His clothes looked burnt, and he was motionless. Everypony was giving their input on it, and what was going on.
After a while, the image started drifting away from the yacht. It got a good distance away, before it disappeared, but it clearly wasn't finished. A flash of light erupted from the water, unleashing a hundred foot wave on the boat. The wave hit the yacht with great force, sending several ponies back into walls, and flipping the yacht over on its side. The deck was filled to the brim with screams of terror and fear. Twilight herself was fine, but her friends fared different. Rainbow Dash broke one of her wing on impact, Rarity just cried no matter what kind of pain, Pinkie Pie grunted when she hit the wall, Fluttershy screamed silently, and Applejack didn't make a noise, but she obviously was hurt.
Twilight did the only thing that she could do. She grabbed her friends, and her horn lit up. She cast a spell, making a large bubble erupt from nowhere. Every last passenger was in the bubble floating around like a fairy. In mere seconds, all of the ponies were gone. Everypony landed in a mountainous area in the middle of nowhere. All ponies cried tears of happiness, thankful that they didn't die. They examined their surroundings. But there was something odd about the place. Everything was made entirely out of blocks. Even the animals were blocks, but subtle hints distinguished the animals from one another. When they looked up to ask Twilight where they were, they noticed that Twilight, along with five other mares, was missing. There eyes darting to and fro, looking for the missing ponies.
Twilight opened her eyes, seeing the ocean in front of her. She jumped back, realizing that she was on land. It was sunset, but she remembered that it was about midnight before this happened. She looked back, and saw many trees, along with five ponies passed out on the ground behind her. She let out a sigh of relief when she saw them. In her heart, she knew she had saved the passenger ponies, and her friends at the same time. But at a cost, now she was Celestia knows where, in the middle of the ocean, and she was completely drained of power.
She breathed a breath of fresh air, falling to the ground to rest. She estimated a good six days until her power came back, and until then, she might lose it without reading something. She just hopes that she won’t end up a cannibal over the next few days. With all of this in mind, she closed her eyes, hoping to get the only peaceful sleep that she might have for the remainder of these days on the island. Maybe even her last days.
I might go insane on this island. I’m pretty sure that everyone might go insane on an island with no one else in sight, but I thought I might as well say that anyway. But I think I’ve already past insane, and I’m now going into hallucinations. I could’ve sworn that I saw the ponies here, because I saw Twilight standing on the beach, looking over her friends sleeping on the sand. I shrugged this off, and I went in the island to search for food. I found a crap ton of fruit trees, so I might survive for the next couple of days.
I returned to where the boat is to put my supplies in it and hopefully make a shelter for the night. The ponies are still there, still sleeping. Again, I shrug it off and continue to my boat. The tarp on the boat is enough for a blanket, and a roof. I check again, this time, they’re all asleep. I figured they might go away when I wake up, so I’ll just fall asleep now. I cover myself with the tarp, I don’t want any animals sneaking in here and tearing me apart. It takes me awhile, but I fall asleep. I think I might be imagining things, because I swear I’m hearing voices. To be precise, I’m hearing Twilight’s voice, talking to the others, and telling them that she’s going to investigate boat.
“C’mon, get up Fluttershy. We need to find shelter for the night.” Twilight says, shaking the animal lover.
“Twilight? W-where are we?” Fluttershy says.
“Were on an island, c’mon we got to get the others up too.”
“The other passengers, where are they?”
“They’re safe. I teleported them somewhere else.”
Fluttershy sighed. She got up and shook herself from her sleep, and went to wake the others up. Twilight paced back and forth, going over all the possible options that waited for her and her friends. The others woke up slow and frustrated, but were willing to do whatever it took them to get home. Once they were all awake, Twilight laid down the news.
“Alright girls, I have found out how we ended up on this island. When I teleported all of the other passengers to an unknown area, I must have sent us to this island by accident. I don’t know if we’re somewhere in the Atlantic, Indian, or if we're even in the right dimension. But one thing's for certain, we're gonna be stuck here for a while."
"That's not going to be a problem at all, I can just fly above the island and- Owww!" Rainbow exclaimed, forgetting that her wing is broken. She tried to flap it, but again, she shouted in pain.
"Rainbow, you know your wing is broken, and we can't fix it for you. You're just gonna have to refrain from using your wings until we get back home." Twilight told her. Rainbow didn't take the news kindly.
"Then how are we going to get off this island." Rainbow asked.
"We'll have to wait until I can cast the spell again. I'm completely drained at the moment." Twilight told her. Rainbow crossed her arms and sat down.
"I think we should look fer a place to sleep tonight. We were lucky enough to sleep this last night with our lives." Applejack said. Though nopony said anything, they all knew that she was right.
"OOH, OOH, I see a boat over there. First one there is a moldy carrot!" Pinkie yells. She darted towards the small boat at the speed of light, the others jumped back as she did. They all looked over to the boat, though nopony else saw it, Twilight recognized the boat, from somewhere, though she couldn't put her hoof on it.
"Does that boat look familiar to anyone?" The lavender pony said. Nopony responded. "I'm going to take a look at it." She said.
Pinkie was already over there, hopping around it. The others arrived shortly after.
"It seems like someone's made a shelter out of it. Somepony else is on the island with us." Pinkie says.
"I think Fluttershy should go in first." Rarity said.
"WHAT!?" Fluttershy squeaked.
"Yeah, I second that." Rainbow said.
"Are you up to it Sugar cube?" Applejack said.
"No, I'm not going in there! There could be something horrible in there!"
"No there's not, it's probably a lifeboat from the boat, it must've washed up here." The country pony told her.
"Oh come on, get in there." Rainbow says, pushing Fluttershy into the curtains.
I awoke to the sound of something entering the curtains I hung up. I couldn't tell what it was, but it didn't seem angry though, just afraid. I could hear it whimpering quietly to itself. Not wanting to get torn apart by whatever was in my tent, I stayed under my covers. It stayed in one spot for a second, then walked around my little home, slowly. I was too afraid to look at what it was, but it was killing me not knowing what it was. I lifted the blanket off me very slowly, and quietly.
Yeah, I'm going insane, I'm seeing butter yellow hooves, with some pink hair drooped down to her knees. I think I'm seeing Fluttershy. I got up from my covers. "Hi Fluttershy, I'm insane." I say out loud. Fluttershy jumps back, completely freaked out.
"Who are you?!" She asks me.
"Oh, so I can interact with my hallucinations now? This is perfect."
"I'm not a hallucination. I'm a pony. Who are you?"
"That's what they all say. I can't even fee-” I feel her back, expecting to phase right through her, but no. Instead, I feel soft, yellow fur. Completely bewildered, I look up to Fluttershy, who is about to cry. I just look back and forth from my hand, to her face.
She runs out of the tent, screaming like a banshee. I'm still looking at my hand, probably making the strangest face.
"Fluttershy, what happened in there? We could here everything darling." Rarity said.
"T-t-t-there's a-a-a-a-a-” She stuttered.
"C'mon, out wit' it!" Applejack said.
"A-a-a-a h-h-h-human!" She exclaimed.
"What?!" Four ponies say.
"Oh c'mon now y'all, there can't be a human 'dere, they don't even exist." Applejack said, walking over to the boat. "I'll look in 'dere, and prove to ya, that there are no-” She stopped in mid-sentence. Inside was a real human being. His hand extended was extended front of him, wearing a shocked expression on his face.
She backed up from the boat, tripping over herself as she did. "Did I just see 'dat?" The orange pony said. Fluttershy nodded. Never has anypony in the entire Earth, see a poker face quite like Applejacks at that moment.
I honestly stayed like that for a good twenty minutes. I was shocked out of mind, and I thought I was dreaming. When I came to, I pinched myself. I pinched as hard as I could, but I didn't wake up. I already was. I thought that maybe I could walk out there, and try to make friends with them. But that might not work, considering I just gave Fluttershy a heart attack.
I overviewed my options to myself out loud. "I could stay here, and wait until they leave. Or I could try to make amends with Fluttershy and try to make friends with them. Ooh, maybe I could take the boat, and go find another island. That might work."
"Is he talking to himself in there?" I heard Rainbow Dash say. I still couldn't believe that I was in the presence of my favorite cartoon characters. I can't really call them cartoon characters now, can I?"
"Hey, uh... I'm gonna come out, please none of you freak out."
"Don't let him come out, he'll try to hurt us" Fluttershy whimpered.
"Look Fluttershy, I'm sorry I scared you, now are you going to let me come out?" I told her.
"That depends... wait, how did you know my name?" The yellow mare asked. I wasn't sure if I should mention the show to them or not, I was afraid that I might trigger something bad, or they would just ask me questions the entire time. I recently became a brony, so I can't answer so many questions at a time.
"That's not important right now, what is important, is that I can get out of here, so I can figure out what to do next."
"How do we know that you aren't some kind of Changeling." Rainbow said.
"What? Never mind, I just want to come out." A part of me wanted to come out because I wanted to put this to rest. The other part, just wanted to meet them all.
"Look, even if we do let you out, you're going to go through some questioning. Are you sure you want to do that?" Twilight asked.
"Fine, fine. Just let me talk to Fluttershy for a second."
"WHAT, NO, NO! Don't let him near me!" Fluttershy screamed.
"Fluttershy, this is a personal matter, I just want to talk to you for a minute." That personal matter was the fact that I scared the crap out of a gentle, nice, and caring pony. I just don't feel right having that on me.
There was just a little silence before she answered. "O-okay." She said timidly.
I pushed open the curtains to see five shocked ponies, and a single alicorn, staring at me. I tried hard to keep the smile off my face, and it was incredibly hard. Each one of them stared at me, and I returned the stare, with probably the strangest face they've seen. I turned to see Fluttershy, shaking. I make sure to approach her slowly. She backs up, but not too far. As I grow closer, her whimpering gets weaker and weaker, like she's about to pass out from shock. When I reach her, she accepts my hand to her back, but she's a little hesitant.
"Do you gals mind letting me have some time with her?" I ask.
Rarity giggles silently. I give her a sharp stare. She had a smug, smile on her.
"No, go ahead." Twilight says.
"What do you think they're doing down there?" Rainbow asks Pinkie Pie.
"They're just talking Dashie. It's what everypony does." Pinkie says.
"Yeah, I know, but they've been talking forever. It's driving me crazy not knowing."
They continued their conversation, while another conversation was taking place.
"Twi, it's gettin' dark, shouldn't we get a fire goin'." Applejack said.
"Yeah, go get some wood." Twilight said. Applejack got up from her spot, and walked toward the forest. The foreboding trees loomed over her, threatening to strike at any time. But she still carried on. She's dealt with worse.
"Oh, it's okay. I feel like that at times too." Fluttershy says. I just told her that I feel like an idiot expressing my inner self, my softer side, if you will.
"Yeah, it doesn't really help with my friends, but it sure seems to help with the ladies." I tell her. She chuckles, making me smile as she does. Though I had no particular favorite, I had a soft spot for Fluttershy. Along with every brony out there.
"Can I ask you a question, Bruce?" She asks.
"Yeah, sure."
"How did you know my name?"
I stop breathing at the question. I refrained from telling her this, because I thought that it might set something off, or she might not take it well.
"Well... in my dimension, there is a television show, and it's about you and your friends." She becomes unresponsive. A minute passes by before she answers.
"That show sounds like it should be for little girls. And from my knowledge, you're not a girl."
"Yeah, I know. It's complicated." I stand up, ready to go back to the others.
"So, I'm sorry for startling you. Do you forgive me?" I say, rushing through it so I can get it over with.
"Yes." She says. My conscience cleared, we head back to the camp to join the others.
Twilight sat on a log, focusing on the fire. Her horn lit up, and she tensed up. The fire remained the same, then it started to rise slightly. She tried harder, but the fire fell, burning out in the process. She got on her knees, and blew on the little spark. The fire grew again, and light illuminated the small campsite. Applejack came back a few moments later carrying wood on her back. She put some in the fire, and the rest on the ground.
“Twilight, I thought you were an alicorn. Shouldn’t your magic be more powerful than it was?” Rarity asked.
“It is, but I teleported a whole lot of ponies. I can teleport up to twenty ponies without a problem, but I can’t teleport an entire cruise ship worth of them without losing a lot of magic in the process.” Twilight told Rarity.
“What happened to those other passengers?” Rainbow asked.
“I don’t know, but I think they’re safe. They probably got help already, and are safe in their homes.” Twilight said. Eventually, she knew one of them was going to ask the question she didn’t have an answer to.
“Where did the human come from?” Rarity asked.
“I don’t know. I’m still trying to find that out.”
Fluttershy and I came sometime later.
“It’s about time you two were done talking.” Rainbow says.
“I’m sorry, it was just a long conversation.” Fluttershy said.
I said nothing, I felt obligated to talk only when I received a question. We sat down on a log, and watched the fire. Nopony said anything for a while. Just when I was going to burst from the awkward silence, Twilight directed a question toward me.
“Who are you, where did you come from, and how exactly did you know Fluttershy’s name?” She asked.
I sat there for a good long while until I answered.
“My name is Bruce Van, I come from Portland, Oregon, and the last one is a little complicated.
“I’m good with complicated, now tell me.” Twilight said. I told her exactly what I told Fluttershy.
“And you actually watch the show?”
“Yes.”
“Why?”
“It’s a good show.”
“That’s designed for little girls.”
“Yes. It’s just something that nobody can explain.”
“Don’t you mean ‘nopony?’”
“Whatever.”
The conversation dragged on for what seemed like hours. Eventually, I got tired and told them I was gonna get some sleep.
“Well, goodnight.” Fluttershy said.
I walked over to my little boat, and fell on the ground the second I walked in. The blanket was so warm and inviting, it was just begging me to go to sleep. I wrapped myself in its warmth, and fell asleep. With all that happened today, I hope it wasn’t a dream. It can’t be, it was so real. I felt Fluttershy, and I talked to her for two hours. It was just so amazing, that I can’t even compare it to anything else that has happened to me.
When I was close to falling asleep, I heard some footsteps coming toward the boat. I heard the curtains open up, and something lie down next to me. I heard a sigh, and then it’s head fell down on the ground. I lifted the blanket up, and I saw Fluttershy. It was the most precious thing I have ever seen. A smile crossed my face, and I put my head on my backpack. It was the best sleep I’ve ever had in my entire life.